7:45 Then the officers 1 returned 2 to the chief priests and Pharisees, 3 who said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him back with you?” 4 7:46 The officers replied, “No one ever spoke like this man!” 7:47 Then the Pharisees answered, 5 “You haven’t been deceived too, have you? 6 7:48 None of the rulers 7 or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they? 8 7:49 But this rabble 9 who do not know the law are accursed!”
7:50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus 10 before and who was one of the rulers, 11 said, 12 7:51 “Our law doesn’t condemn 13 a man unless it first hears from him and learns 14 what he is doing, does it?” 15 7:52 They replied, 16 “You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? 17 Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet 18 comes from Galilee!”
7:53 19 [[And each one departed to his own house.